The Blue Ribbon Committee shortens the list of contributors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 to 25

25 candidates in the Contributor category are one step closer to being selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 presented by Visual Edge IT.
The Hall's Contributor Blue Ribbon Committee whittled down an original list of 47 nominees to these 25 people: KS “Bud” Adams, Roone Arledge, Chris Berman, Howard Cosell, Otho Davis, John Facenda, Mike Giddings, Ralph Hay, Frank “Bucko” Kilroy, Don Klosterman, Eddie Kotal, Robert Kraft, Virginia McCaskey, Rich McKay, John McVay,
Art Modell, Lee Remmel, Eddie Robinson, Art Rooney Jr., Jerry Seeman, Seymour Siwoff, Amy Trask, Jim Tunney, Doug Williams and John Wooten.

The Hall of Fame's bylaws specify that committee members vote for 20 people at this stage of the selection process. However, the statutes also stipulate that in the event of a tie, additional candidates will be admitted for 20th place.

Each member of the Contributing Blue Ribbon Committee will cast an additional vote later this month to further reduce the list – this time to nine (9) semi-finalists. The results will be announced in about two weeks.

Earlier this year, the Hall of Fame revised its bylaws, starting with the class of 2025. The changes included a split of the “coach/contributor” category, which had been consolidated in recent election cycles. In both categories, nominees will now be sent through the respective blue ribbon committees before the candidates are reviewed by the full selection committee. The Blue Ribbon Committees consist of nine (9) persons: seven (7) persons who are also members of the entire Selection Committee and two (2) additional persons who have full voting rights only on this subcommittee.

Through a series of reduction votes over several weeks, the Blue Ribbon Committee will select one (1) finalist for the Class of 2025. There is no waiting period (mandatory retirement) for contributor candidates to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.